Ugly Betty actor arrested after 'killing his mother with a Samurai sword'

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:24 PM on 23rd November 2010

An actor who starred in hit show Ugly Betty has been arrested after allegedly killing his mother with a samurai sword.

Michael L Brea was taken into custody after being tasered by police at an apartment in Brooklyn.

A neighbour claimed the 31-year-old had taken his mother hostage and could be heard shouting passages from the Bible.


He claimed the actor had been shouting 'repent. repent,' before stabbing his mother Yannick, 51, with the sword.

There have been claims that she was found decapitated.

Neighbour Bernard Bren claimed he woke up when he heard screaming.

'It sounded like a lady's voice and after a while I just didn't the woman's voice again,' he said.

Brea, who appeared in one episode of Ugly Betty, is currently at Kings County Hospital.

He will undergo a psychiatric assessment before police decide whether to charge him.

Brea is a Haitian-American actor who was a dancer in film Step Up 3D.

From: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1332375/Ugly-Betty-actor-arrested-killing-mother-Samurai-sword.html